{"podcast":{"title":"The Clearing with Katherine May","slug":"the-clearing-with-katherine-may-1253345","podcast_index_feed_id":1253345,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/60059ad176b566154159c5d5","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/wintering","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60059ad176b566154159c5d5/1770117124065-bb5f8b21-1a4d-486c-8ae8-2dce58d57567.jpeg","author":"Katherine May","episode_count":90,"summary":"Where would you go to rest and retreat, in good times and bad? Katherine May, author of Wintering and Enchantment, asks her guests to share their idea of a perfect sanctuary. Drawing on memory, inspiration and imagination, she explores the things we seek out when we need to restore our joy, hope and energy. It begins with a forest clearing. What will we find there? A log cabin or a grand hotel? What cherished object or talisman would you bring? And what single work of art, be it a book, record, film or something else, would provide you with enough sustenance to see you through the darkness and remind you of the good times? In a series of frank, thoughtful and deeply personal conversations, The Clearing will explore the cultural, social and spiritual mindset needed to survive difficult times. Katherine's Links: Visit The Clearing website https://katherine-may.co.uk/the-clearing-podcast to discover how to enjoy the episodes ad free Buy Katherine’s books: Enchantment | Wintering | The Electricity of Every Living Thing: UK / US Follow Katherine on Instagram Visit Katherine’s Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-clearing-with-katherine-may-1253345"},"episode":{"title":"Oliver Burkeman’s art of the non-retreat","slug":"oliver-burkeman-s-art-of-the-non-retreat","published_at":"2025-12-13T00:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-clearing-with-katherine-may-1253345/oliver-burkeman-s-art-of-the-non-retreat","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-clearing-with-katherine-may-1253345","url":"https://theclearingpod.com","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/60059ad176b566154159c5d5/e/69381d404a9751f83d80817f/media.mp3","summary":"Kicking off the episode with an existential crisis, the inimitable Oliver Burkeman joins Katherine to explore his own, unique take on rest and retreat.  A familiar name to many in both the US and the UK, Oliver’s book Four Thousand Weeks has put him at the heart of the global conversation around building a meaningful life. As you might expect, Oliver turns the concept of the podcast on its head whilst taking Katherine on a wild ride through topics from whether we should use AI as a creative tool to favourite notebooks to whether TS Eliot was on the path to spiritual enlightenment.  A wonderful, brain-stretching conversation that reaches way beyond the confines of an imagined cabin in the woods to explore wider ideas around what it really means to get away from it all and if we should even try. Oliver’s Links Oliver's website to buy his books and sign up to his newsletter Things mentioned in the programme Kendra Allenby’s New Yorker beach cartoon   NYC stationery store Goods for the Study Shinzen Young on T.S. Eliot   Visit The Clearing website www.theclearingpod.com for a full transcript and to discover how to enjoy the episodes ad free Buy Katherine’s books: Enchantment | Wintering | The Electricity of Every Living Thing: UK / US Follow Katherine on Instagram Visit Katherine’s Website Production Credits Guest Booker and Admin Support - Meghan Hutchins Substack Manager - Rebecca Armstrong Producer - Alice Lloyd Music - The Leaf Library @theleaflibrary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Kicking off the episode with an existential crisis, the inimitable Oliver Burkeman joins Katherine to explore his own, unique take on rest and retreat.&nb…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3646,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-clearing-with-katherine-may-1253345/episodes/oliver-burkeman-s-art-of-the-non-retreat/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-clearing-with-katherine-may-1253345/oliver-burkeman-s-art-of-the-non-retreat.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}